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Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	94.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	139% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Area-51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0XJKKD
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '15 at 23:02
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 100 2-Core 199 68% 150 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 641 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 68% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5560 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 98.1 Parallax 97.4 105% 108 fps	MRender 89.1 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 86.1 73% 89.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 799 Write 993 Mixed 954 206% 915 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 27.3 92% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 452 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 179 193% 323 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 230%
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 108GB free Firmware: 8D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 172 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 84 (B2) Unknown 100 1 0 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2208 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9627575575 (F2) Unknown 99 99 4430304798	64.6% Good	Read 499 Write 134 Mixed 204 60% 279 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 13.6 88% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 34.8 82% 176 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 128 128 4314300711 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 384 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 17781 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 17781 (C2) HDA temperature 141 141 193274314791 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 2449 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1815409717 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12499635092	101% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 178 Mixed 194 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.25 113% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 931GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 36.6 Write 41.9 Mixed 38.9 30% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 63%

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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	802x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	248x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	198x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	172x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x

SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples	131x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples	130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples	129x

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Total price: $530

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